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RE: Oh....hey, Laura!!!! Hi Hollie, The Powerstrike workouts are drill-based not hi-lo. Kicks, punches and blocks in varying and interesting sequences. No moving around the room and actually very little impact except some jumping jacks. Hope this helps. --Karen

Thanks so much—you guys are terrific! I love working back so I may end up using all of these. A couple questions for some of you-- Annette—I know dead rows and dead lifts, but what are quarter dead rows? RBurke—I’ve been meaning to get back to doing those reverse flys, thanks for the...

Hi Jennifer, Just saying hello from another homeschooler. I've got four children from ages 7 to 19 and have (so far) homeschooled them all from Kindergarten on. The 19 year old we graduated from high school last year. One of the things I love about the experience is learning along with my...

Hi Cathe, I'm wondering if there is anything comparable I can substitute for the t-bar rows in PS BBA. At first I wasn't feeling much back work with them and they made my knees hurt. Then I searched the forum for help and tried the holding the bar in a towel sling to increase the range of...

RE: And one more key feature... Hi Heather, Their website is www.powerstrike.com You can order from there but there's not really a lot of description of the videos. For more of a description try searching around at videofitness. Karen (yet another Cathe/Powerstrike fiend)

Hi Jodi, My rest days have to be complete rest days--gotta pamper these aging joints. I don't find that the Energize video messes with my lifting though because when I do it I'm mainly stressing my work on flexibility and balance. I think Bryan is very good at giving modifications and really...

Hi Maureen, Terrific! I'm so glad you liked it. Just a reminder though, I'm pretty sure that even us Imax bikers should probably not go over twice a week with the intervals. I'll be thinking of you this week during my Imax ride. --Karen

I got mine from Barnesandnoble.com just two weeks ago and love it! It was $9.95 (American). I really don't know how they are for shipping to Canada, but for American orders you get free shipping if you buy 2 items. --Karen

Hi Maureen, I got stuck having to do stationary bike for a couple months while my knees recovered and I still stick it in once a week for cross-training. One of the ways I make the time pass is by putting on Imax while I'm biking--I love the music and during the intervals I turn up the speed...

I'm still debating--I want these but I've heard the impact level is pretty high and I have to baby my knees these days. Any advice on that aspect of them for me? I'm able to do some impact on the step but not much on the floor and Hi-Lo and weighted lunges cause me real problems. Thanks! --Karen

Step Jam was my introduction to Cathe--soon I was hooked and buying everything else. It took me two days to learn the choreography well enough to feel like I could follow along and a few more days to look coordinated while doing it. To me, the choreography and intensity levels are comparable...

Is the timing ever such that it would be possible to reply with something like "I'd love to! Could you possibly wait for me while I run through this step tape (or whatever)"? Then you'd get to be company and example at the same time. --Karen

Hi Diana, I love my Edge 490 recumbent bike. It's listed at $350, if you're lucky enough to be able to use military BX/PX you can get it for $279 w/no tax. --Karen

Hi Donna, Chocolate milk often does it for me. Hershey's chocolate syrup in skim milk--some nutritional value, no fat. --Karen

Hi Olga, Obviously not Cathe here, but I couldn't resist butting in. If you do a search on knees on this board, you'll find that several of us are dealing with challenging knees. Some have had excellent results with Glucosamine Sulfate or Glucosamine/chonroitin supplements, some have been...

Wendy, Could you give me more specific ideas of how you modify? Do you do the same base move but take out jumps and hops? And I know you've said before that you do big arm movements to raise the intensity--any special or favorite arm moves that you could describe? I haven't done Happy Hour...

Can anyone recommend videos that feature these transverse abdominal exercises? --Karen

Faythe, I'm 5'4" and started at 197 lbs. When I hit 172, my weight loss pattern changed so that I would stay the same weight on the scale for 4-5 weeks and then over the next week and a half I'd go down 4 or 5 pounds. During the time that the scale didn't move, I could still tell that I was...

I have Happy Hour Hi-Lo, and the other two you mentioned are coming here for Christmas. For some reason I just find Christi very down to earth and fun to work out with. I didn't find the choreography on Happy Hour Hi-Lo too tough; it took about three run throughs to be able to dance it fairly...

RE: Exercises for problem knees? Susan, My email is [email protected] I do most of my workouts at home but I do have access to a gym and could probably get there about twice a week if that would be more effective. Thanks for sharing! --Karen